Triple des encryption in php

hi all

what is triple des encryption in php ?

any idea guys?

how can we do this

please help me

Thanks

Triple DES from wiki:

In cryptography, Triple DES is a block cipher formed from the Data Encryption Standard (DES) cipher by using it three times.

PHP supports encryption by using mcrypt libraries, one of which is the DES cyper.

Read the manual page as it contains alot of information about it.
Also here is a link to a snippet using PHP to generate the code: